‘Pin’ning Down Details

Annual celebration kicks of Friday in Industry with series of family events

By Lainie Steelmanlsteelman@McDonoughVoice.com

The annual Pinhook Days celebration in Industry kicks off Friday and continues through Saturday.

Sara Plummer, who serves on this year's organizing committee, said plenty of activities are on the schedule.

"We have a lot of kids games, which are free, and we have a lot of good food," she said. "And we have Madd Hoss Jackson again."

Other live entertainment on Saturday includes Wildside from noon to 1:30 p.m., followed by Harmony from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and Cindy McClintock from 4 to 6 p.m.

This year's theme is "Patriotic Pinhook Days."

State Bank of Industry will get the festivities rolling on Friday with a customer appreciation lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the city park.

On Saturday, the Pinhook Days committee will serve doughnuts in the park starting at 7 a.m., while supplies last.

Craft booths and an antique tractor show open at 8 a.m. Also in the park will be children's inflatables by Out Skirts of Macomb.

A parade will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Doddsville Methodist Church will serve steamburgers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and homemade ice cream will be available at 11 a.m.

Children's activities get underway at 1 p.m. with a dunk tank, train rides and games provided by the Industry Assembly of God Church.

Pork chop sandwiches will be served by the Industry Assembly God Church from 5 to 7 p.m., and popular regional rock band Madd Hoss Jackson will take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday in the city park.

The festival concludes at 10 a.m. Sunday with a joint church service hosted by Doddsville Methodist Church.

"Pinhook," according to Plummer, refers to several different stories related to the village of Industry.

"There's a lot of different stories behind it," she said. "My favorite is one about a lady here in town who used to steal pinhooks, like for sewing, from a store. And some say that when the town was first settled, the trees looked like pinhooks. There's all kinds of different stories."

Plummer said there are just four serving on the Pinhook Days committee this year and more volunteers will be needed to keep next year's festival going. Anyone interested in helping with Pinhook Days may contact Plummer at State Bank of Industry by calling 309-254-3434.

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